WeirdBeer Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 The can asks that 500 Grams Dry Malt be added, and topped up to 23 liters. What kind of ABV is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'd guesstimate that would be a bit under 4% - more of a mid-strenth beer when made that way. I've only brewed it full strength myself - quite a tasty drop [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJosh Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 on the back of the Coopers LDM box it will tell you when made to 23L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdBeer Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Has anyone ever tried making it with the Can + the Coopers Unhopped Malt Extract can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurtis Staggersalot Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I just put down a batch of english bitter with 1kg of LDM and 500g of Dex. OG was 1054, I think it'll turn out to be a nice strong drop [happy] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 A 1.5kg can of Light Malt Extract offers about the same (about 100g more) as 1kg of Light Dry Malt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdBeer Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 PB2, Do you think that would make a good beer? Those 2 cans? Should I use anything else? What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Before PB2 has a chance to answer your question I'll jump in and give my 2 cents worth. I recently made the Englsih Bitter as follows and it came out great: ESB Style (Made to 21L) 1.7kg Coopers English Bitter 1kg LDM 250g Of Sugar 20g Fuggles (Dry Hopped) Yeast was S-04 fermented at 21C [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 You could make Muddy's recipe but substitute the 1kg of Light Dry Malt with 1.5kg of Light Malt Extract. [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Of course it is more than likely that my recipe is actually a PB2 recipe or something very close it [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO4 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 I only noticed the recommendation to add 500g of dried malt, when I threw the can away. Will the lack of dried malt have a dramatic affect on the quality of English bitter. As you can see - i'm new to this ganme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdBeer Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 No thats the recommended way of doing it, so it will come out nice! But it will not be a very strong beer. So give it a shot, and if you don't get your buzz on this time around, try again with more dry malt. As for me, I'm going to give it a whirl I think with the 2 cans. And maybe use Golding Kent hops for dry hopping. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kearnage Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Mark, Do you mean you just added the English Bitter can, water and yeast? If so it may be a *bit* light on alcohol (say 3%). [crying] As 'kit and kilo' brewers we need to remember the (half) kilo! Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkO4 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Thanks guy. Is it too late to add the dried malt in mid fermentation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurtis Staggersalot Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 I can't see why it would hurt anything mark, but I think you might be better off adding simple sugar like dextrose or coopers brewing sugar (dextrose) that'll give the yeast a better chance of working through it and it should dissolve better than LDM. It just might save the batch, I know I'd have a hard time drinking a beer that was only 3% ABV. If it was me I'd probably sprinkle about 1KG of Dextrose without stirring, I don;t know what PB2 would do but I'm sure that eventuallay he'll come across this thread and tell you to do something smarter [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Dry product addition will provide nucleation sites for the CO2 to break out and foam all over the place.[pinched] [pinched] Have made this brew using just the can and nothing else - I think it comes up okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slurtis Staggersalot Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Oops! bad advice, I would make a huge mess! I hope Mark didn't [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Hi new to the forum and relatively new to home brewing also have just bought a English Bitter to brew being english myself would like to see how this stacks up against the real thing which by the way i havent tasted for about 5 yrs [lol] if i add 1kg of dextrose as well as the 500grams of LDM what specific gravity can i expect ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 1kg of Dextrose is too much for this style - drop it back to 500g. OG will be around 1038 and FG may come out at about 1008ish. Never a bad idea to make it per the recommended recipe the first time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 Okies did as you suggested brew has been in the bottle just over 2 weeks now decided to try one a couple of days ago and can best describe as odd seems really sweet as it goes in the mouth then getting a huge bitterness in the aftertaste seems to be reasonably well carbonated and comes out of the bottle clear enough just not liking the flavour at the moment [pouty] so what i want to know is will this improve the longer i leave it in the cupboard to a point where i might go Yeah thats a sh*t hot brewor is it a lost cause ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I will probably improve with bottle age [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirdBeer Posted August 17, 2010 Author Share Posted August 17, 2010 Well I just put down my English Bitter Kit, with the can of Coopers LME and the kit yeast 1 week ago. Took a gravity reading yesterday and its down to 1.o2o so its well on its way. OG was 1.052 - I personally want my beers at least around that gravity. Sampled the gravity reading and it was pretty good. I'll let you guys know how it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 It's a good kit WB. It should turn out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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